Between the SNAP backlog, rising grocery prices and stagnant wages, it’s getting harder and harder for Tennesseans to put food on the table.
Lawmakers Prepare To Debate Medicaid Work Requirement, And Haslam Sees An Unexpected Upside
Listen Tennessee lawmakers could debate this session whether to add a work requirement to Medicaid, after President Donald Trump’s administration said last month that it’d be willing to accept proposals that force enrollees to have a job, be training for one or engage in some sort of volunteer work.
Advocates For Poor Communities Worry Tennesseans On Food Stamps Won’t Be Able To Find Jobs
Listen Unemployment in Tennessee stands at record lows, but some advocates for the poor nonetheless worry about how plans to reinstate the work requirement for food stamps will play out. Their fear is that, in many parts of Tennessee, the jobs just won’t be there.
Haslam Revives Work Requirement For Food Stamps While Proposing To Increase Other Aid
Listen Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam’s administration is re-implementing the work requirement to receive foods stamps in most of Tennessee’s 95 counties — one in a series of measures that state officials say are intended to get more Tennesseans back into the workforce.
GOP Blocks Campfield’s Welfare-for-Grades Bill
A proposal tying welfare payments to a child’s report card has been pulled from consideration for the year. The bill lost support before coming to a vote on the floor of the Tennessee Senate.
Lawmakers on Board with Tying Welfare to Report Cards
A hot-button proposal in the state legislature would link some welfare benefits with the report cards of their children. It finally began moving forward in the state House Wednesday and is scheduled for a vote in the full senate Thursday morning.
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